This crossword No. 22534 clues and answers were published on Fri 31 May 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22534 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Capital sum a lender’s first withdrawn from Italy, or Monaco? : PRINCIPALITY
8-across – What designer has put into slit dress? : RAIMENT
9-across – Driver missing in military action : WAGONER
11-across – Ball thrown by essayist may be found in bed : LOBELIA
12-across – Timeless weapons for military commanders : SHOGUNS
13-across – Mourning song at start and end of evensong in cathedral : ELEGY
14-across – Henry left Theresa outside – that’s not appreciated : THANKLESS
16-across – A flower that’s yellow and black, say, is given a prize : BUTTERCUP
19-across – Conductor exposed in the Sun with a couple of timpanists : SOLTI
21-across – Saint in front of station inside the city walls : SWITHIN
23-across – Saint with first-class return for the country : ALBANIA
24-across – Top bowler? : SPINNER
25-across – Gear in street and lane, not an item in an alley : SKITTLE
26-across – Champions of the aristocracy : TITLEHOLDERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Docile and quiet subject : PLIABLE
2-down – In a perfect world I do business and play alternately : IDEALLY
3-down – Medicine found by little girl on a lorry : CATHARTIC
4-down – Puppets making pledges : PAWNS
5-down – Record leads to Lohengrin’s original German libretto : LOGBOOK
6-down – Shaving the head is in fashion, certainly : TONSURE
7-down – Byers’ sell-out affected current transport : TROLLEYBUSES
10-down – Test acid user, possibly given a quick fix? : RESUSCITATED
15-down – Dismay about curtailed increase in salary review : APPRAISAL
17-down – Capital leads to totalitarian bourgeois imperialism losing its social infrastructure : TBILISI
18-down – Athlone is a source of alcohol : ETHANOL
19-down – Magnificent tree planted by newspaper employee : SUBLIME
20-down – Medicine was our bond, we hear : LINCTUS
22-down – Bridge player taking unorthodox part : NORTH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.